Improvement in faucets



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Laim Patenten. `104,663,"met.new 21, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT :1v renders.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patient and making part of thefsame.

1, :ROBERT TILLY, ,of "Brooklyn, in the county of Kings 'and State'of New York,have invented certain Improvements int Self-closing Faucets, of whicht-he following is a specification I l 'lhe irstpart of my invention relates 4to the combination of a draught-valve andfa-cylinder andrpston, so arranged in a` self-closingdraughtffauceufor use where there is a considerable head or pressure of water from the reservoir, as' to insure a slow and easy closing of the valve upon'its seat, for the purposeof prel `venting the usualconcussion'or hammer on the draughtpipewhich is common to e elf-.closing faucets; an`d,-in

addition thereto,

The .second-part of my nventiourelates to providl ing Vthe faucet with a valve at the rear' part thereof,

whereby the fore part `of Ithe faucet may be removed, for thepurpose of repairs','without thenecessity'of stopgping the wateroif by the usual means of' ast-opcoc i.

. Figure -l represents my improved faucet, mostly in central `vertical lengthwise section, witl the valves and piston in their position as when fullyA opened.

Mpiston G removed..` 1

. i 'A is 'the frontpart of the faucet, which is'sccured to the rear part ALby a screw-joinatat e.

vF is a cylindcrprovided withra'dial arms, b l1, by

which it is held in place between the parts A A Gis the seat of the draught-valve. D is ,the draughtfvalve, which is fixed upona stein,

` a, supported at one end bypassing-through the closed end of the cylinder F, and by the opposite end passing through the -front part of the shell'of the faucet.

G is piston attached to fthe rear .end of the rod or valve D, and is fitted snugly to the interior of the cyl- Y inder F.

E is a lever-handle on the front pmt of the faucet,

byjwhich the valve `D and piston G are operated.

`H is a valve at the rear end of the faucet. I is .thetsgat o f valve.H.` c cl are billiges tofsupport the rod a of valve H.

.ellis a recess in the shell of the faucet, opposite the l position of valve D when it is fully open. Y

`When` the npperpart of the operating lever E is pressed forward, the valve-rod (i, valve D, and piston G, willbe forced back to the positions vshown in lig.1,'

when a full flow of water'will pass through the faucet, and the valve H will be kept well open.

When the forwardl pressure on the lever E is removed, the valve D will be pressed forward by the iowA of the water, andvwill draw the Ipiston G- into the lcylinder F, and press the water contained therein' through the space around the edge 'of the piston and around the stem a, and thereby the water will be forced gradually out of the lcylinder, which will insure the-gradual and easy closing of the valve D upon its seat, and, consequently,`an absence of concussion on thedraugl1t-pipe, which is so commonI with most selfclosing faucets. l

The valve His o n a separate 'stem from the valve D, and is forced back by the rear of the piston G, so

that it is always open when draughting is being ef- Xfccted, and closed upon its seat when the front part of the faucet is unscrewed for repairs.

By the valve H being closed upon the seat I, when j .y the forward part A of the faucet.is1'ernoved,the water willbe stopped from flowing from the 'draught-pipe, and thereby avoid the necessity of using theordinary stop-cock, and shut-ting o" the waterirom all other faucets connected "with the draught-pipe.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, in a selfclosing draught-titucet,.is

1. The combination of the' cylinder F, pistou G,

Vvalve D, and rod a,- arranged within the shell of the faucet as and operating for the purpose herein shown and specified.

2. In combination with the parts F, Gr, and D, the

self-closing valve H, arranged as and for thepurpose set forth'. Y

` i ROBERT TILLY. Witnesses:

G. H. BAKKER,

THOMAS G. BOWEN. 

